Planter



F. H. SCHUTTER.

PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY, I9I9.

1,343,286. y PatentedJune15,f1920.

` l 2 SHEETS-SHEET l A TTOHNEYS' PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY l.

Patented J une 15, 1.920.

2 smaE'Ts-SHEE'Tl 2.

WITNESSES FEED H. sentirme, "orl PLEASANT VALLEY, IOWA.

1 PLANTER.

, Application and :muy 1, 1919. 'serial INU.' 308,051.

To aZZfw/wm it may concern: t f Be it known that I, FRED H. SGHUTTER, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pleasant Valley, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters, of which the following is aV specification.

My invention relates to planters and has reference more particularly to planters Jfor planting onion sets.

An object of the invention isto provide means whereby. a greater number of onion lsets can be planted int-a relatively short space of time.

Another object of the invention is to pro-V vide a planter which will'permitaQgreat number of sets'being Vplanted ,in a given time by one person, thus releasing other help Y.

for other duties. A j Another object isV to provide an onion planter that is simple in construction, posi-` tive and efiicient in operation, and one that.

can be cheaply made, thus placing it withinV V reach of every Jfarmer.y

With these and other objects vin view, the invention consists 1n certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will behereinaft'er fully described and pointed out in the'claims, reference being had to the accompanying draw- 1n s in which:

*igure 1 is a sidey elevation of the iin-'J provement,

Fig. 2 is a taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is a top plan lview',"v .i Fig. 4 is a rear end view with handles in section, 'Y

longitudinal section thereoi` Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section onr` the line'5-5 o'iiFig.l 3. Y n Y Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailshowmg con* nection between spout and adjusting beam.

Y In carrying into eiect my improvements, A'I use a frame consisting of side beams 10 connected at therear byv cross beam11 and mountedon the aXle 12. carrying ground-A 4wheelsA 13, by suitablebearing boxes 14. The forward. end of the frame isfattached' to smaller'wheels 15 carried on an aXle 16 which' is adjustablyv suspended from the frame by slotted 'arms 17 secured at their lower ends to the aXle and passing up along the outside of the side bars 1 are connected .therewith by bolts 18 passing through the slots, and the ends of the side bars and nuts 19 screwed on said bolts; these arms are disi Specification of Letters Patent. `Patjetged 'June 15,1920.

posed atan angle to the vertical line lof* theV i aXle and are themselves suspended from the side bars by strap links 20 which are pivot-v ally bolted at one end to the side bars 10 by bolts 20aA and at their opposite ends tothe slottedY arms 17. i

Mounted on the frame the seed boX21 occupying the entire width oiwthey frame,

said box being open at its top, front and rear ends and having thereinva horizontal partition 22 'having an elongated or oval opemng 23;; a hopper 2li having an inclined Y bottom extends rearwardly and upwardly from the rear end of seed box 21`and is supf ported at its rear end on'the oblique props or Abars 25 secured to the `trame. diagonal handles 26 are rigidly connected to The f the frame at their front ends adjacent the,

seed vfeed box and supported by braces 27,

the frontv ends being mounted on the same Y bolts that secure the strap links 2() to the y rame.` l f Mounted to slide in the feed box,v is a shaker slide 28, having an oval4 opening 29 therethroughVr and4 beneath the openingv23 -in the partition 22; but this opening 291s somewhat-.smallerthanthe opening 23 both laterallyv and. longitudinally;y that is, the

,major and minoraXes of the opening 23.

The .bottom of the seed boX 211 also has'an opening, 21b which is round and smaller than either of the before-mentioned vopenings, and fitted on the bottom of the seed:y boX is a metal gage plateSO which has an opening 31 therethrough and inV alinement with the aforesaidv openings in thepartition shaker slide and seed boX bottom; this metal one endbent' downwardly and secured to the boX by screws or other suitable means, vthe function of thisplate being-to permit the `shaker slide to work -reely as theplate beplate is secured to the seed box by a lip 32 at Y comes highly polished, and to permit of .Y

planting thicker or thinner v.by Vtaking. o ut thel metal plate and making the opening thereinlarger or smaller, or by putting. inV l f different -plates having vdifferent sized holesy thereinf., p. 1 L Y z 'f f 'v Beneath the bottom opening and plateis mounted a rotarybrush l33 carried on a transverse shaft'i mounted in the frame and on this shaft is secured a sprocket wheel engaged by a sprocket chain 36 which Vextending rearwardly, engages a sprocket Wheel 37 mounted on a crank shaft 38 having a single crank 39 to whichvis coupled one the sprocket which drives the brush, andr from this sprocket the crank shaft is .rapidly end of a pitman 40, the opposite end of said 41 or other suitable means.

`Carried on. the aXle l2 is a relatively...

' and .arotating horizontal brush mountedl in` the upper end of said spout, beneath'the large sprocket wheel 42 carrying a sprocket chain 43 which runs to vandv drives'a smaller sprocket wheel 44 mounted on the irotary brush shaft 34, so that the said .brush is driven forwardly with considerable speed; the-sprocket wheel which is on the opposite end of the brush shaft -is largerthan rotated so that a rapid reciprocating movem'eiit is given to the shaker slide 28.

Beneath the seed box is adjustably mounted the spout 45 which is secured at its upperend by suitable meaiissiich as a bolt' 45 to the cross beam 46 slidably held between `the sideV beams; this cross beam carrying the 'spout is slidable.longitudinally of the frame by means of the Vscrewrod 47 which passes through Va Vrig-id cross head 48,l and is con- 'trolled by a winged nut 49; the spout ,car-Y 4ries at its lower end a furrow shoe 5 Ofwhich is `supported by bar 5l secured to theframe, and connected to the'bar 5l by a brace'rod 52xis the furrow opener 53 the lower end of 'Y which is bent and sharpened, the upper end of the furrow openerbeing secured to the frameworkv of the planter, `and prevented Y from lateral movement by guy rods 54.

By adjustingv the vtop of thespout be and` drawing the top ofthe spout farther from thefbrush the plantingwill of course :slide-incline out Ydownwardly so that the,

j be thicker. f f

The purpose of the rotary Ybrush is to hold n Y tion, shaker slide 'and bottomopening, and j the drop sets even.y

'Ihe wallsof the opening'v in the shaker openingfis larger at the bottointhan at the top,"by which construction the sets are pre 'Y Vthe combinationV with a Vseed feed b'oX,'hav f vented i from getting stuck in the shaker fast "enough to keep Ythemfro'm clogging.

the mechanism hereinbefore set forth,. Athe planter Vputsthe sets in a very narrow` I row, rendering` it very easy to wheel hoe'the 'rowsf I claim:

l1. VIn ya device? of the? specified, 1

the combination'with a seed boX having a adjustable t0 and .mounted below said seed boX and adapted toV receive the seed from the shaker slide,

bottom opening. Y

2. In a device ofthe character specifiedV and comprising a seed boX,a perforated re- Y ciprocat'ing shaker'side therein, and a discharge` opening in the bottom Yof the seed box,l aV discharge spout having its .upper end horizontallyV adjustably mounted with re-.z spect to the feed boxl and adjacent the dis'v charge opening in the bottom thereof.

3. In a device of the character wherein specified,and comprising -a seed box,- a perforated shaker slide longitudinally reciprof cable therein, said boi; havinga discharge f openingv in the bottom thereof, a. discharge spout having its upper end horizontally adjustably mounted with respect to the feed boX and adjacent said bottom opening, and

a.' rotating regulating brush mounted below said bottom opening and within the upper portion of thesaid spout.

4. A device of the character. herein spe-- ciied, comprising in combination a seed box,

an inclined feedhopper thereoin'a: perfoi.

rated partition in said feed box, said ,boxy Y having a discharge op'eningthroughl the bot-1 tom thereof, a shaker slide mounted to re' ciprocate within'the feed boX between-the j 'aforesaid partition, andV the bottom, .saidY shaker slide havingan oval openingtherey through, the lower endl of rwhich is of *greaterV f Varea than theupper'e'nd, a removable wear.v

plate vhaving ak discharge opening in verticallj alinementvwith the openings inthe partiing a reciprocable perforated shaker slide therein, and discharge opening in the bottom thereof, of a discharge VV'spout havingf its upper end adjacent said discharge opensaid upper'end vof the spout yhorizontally said brush.

ing, a rotary brush mountedto revolve for; i Y wardly within Athe upper end ofsaid spout, Y

from the periphery jof gli FREDiH' SCHUTTER. Y' 

